Automobile-wheel.



G. A. mmm". AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.10.1912.

Lomgz, Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

[if 9 5 /3 /2 5 I o WW1/ Leases Q Y d' mmmm GEORGE A. IliHOFF, OF CABRINGTGN, NORTH DAKOTA.

AUTOMOBILE-WHEEL.

AVi .054.692.-

Speecation of Letters Patent.

- Patented Moix 4. 913.

Application led January l0, 1912. Serial No. 670,455. y

To all whom it may Concern Be it known that I, Gnonon A. luuorr. u

citizen of the United States. reeidinf,r at.

Carrington, -in the' vcounty oi Foster and State of North Dakota, have invented een tain new :md useful Improvements iu utoinobile-ivheels, ot which the following ise speeilieation.

The object of my invention is to provide .1G a Wheel for automobiles or other vehicles of such eonstruetion that it will be resilient tov take up shocks incident to travel on the road, and et' the seme time. be of simple, yetstrong and durable construction; and with l5 this and minor objects in` vie-W, my invention consists. of the ports and combination of parts as Will be hereinafter more fully set forth. v l

In the drawing, Figure l is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of a portionl of a. wheelv embodying my invention; Fig. E? is a sectional View of the same on the. line 2-2, Fig. l, und, Fig. 3 is n seetional view on the line 3 3, Fig. l.

l represents-the rim of the Wheel, which may be of any approved construction and provided with any suitable locking means 2 to retain :i solid rubber tire on said rim. Of course. it will be understood that the rim 2 may he built for use Without a rubber tread or tire. The rim is provided with n rounded rib or projection 3 on its inner face extending the full length or inner circumferenee'of the rim.

A 4 are short spokes secured in the rounded Arib or projection 3 of the rim l, the inner y ends of which are attached to one end of coil lsprings 5. l

G is abnnd rigidly secured to the short 40. spokes 4 near their inner ends` there being two of these bands, one" on each side of the spokes.

7 is the rim of the inner wheel, said rim consist-ing of two members spurred upurt', bo-

tween which the short spokes 4 project.

8 is a, shoe provided with u eonenve under face 9 adapted under some conditions to til: over the rib 3 of the rim 1. This shoe is provided with shoulders l0 which rest upon 5D thefim the inner portion oi' the shoe nro- 'jef-ting down between the lmnds 6.

This shoe is provided with u tubular extension ll udupted to receive the spokes l2 whit-h ure seeured therein. The shoe is suspended from the' short spokes il hy inenns ot' roll 55 springs lil. one end ot` snid springs being seeured to the spokesl l near their inner ends. while the other end of said springs is cured to the shoe at the base of the tubular extension 1l. as clearly shown in the drmv- 60 ings. The series of spokes l2 ure suitably secured in the hub ot' the wheel in uny wellknou'n manner.

1% uredouhle eyes. one ot' uhieh is scoured between the, inner ends of the spokes in the huh. the adjacent 'tures oi' the spokes beingr notrhed or recessed to receive the eye, und thereby look it ng'uinst nimeinenl.. rwhile the other eye extends lo n point beyond the juncture of the inner ends of the spokes und to which the inner ends ot the springs 5 ure secured. thereby Connecting the spokes l by u resilient Conner-tion direrlly to the huh of the wheel. The shoes 8 :xre voneoved us at l5 :it each end so as to provide play 'or 75 the shoe between the spokes il. thereby eliminotingr the possibility ot the shoe cutting the Aspokes 4 in the various lnovenunts ot the wheel.

From the nbove. it will he .seen that shorks or blows received on the periphery of .the wheel will he token up by the springs lI-iun the lower holt ot' the wheel :issisied by the springs 5 in the upper hull ol the wheeh both springs being under tension when lhe S5 `\vi.eel issuhjeel to n shook. The wheel is prevented from sluhlenly assuming n norn'ml position hy the :xrruugenioiu of tho springs. the springs :l1-ling :is tension niemliers in their seven-1l positions throughout 90 the? .vheel. The rigidly mounted hands (S serflfe sis :ln additional L.Ljuide lof'uniininin ihnspokes l2 in nlineiueni with the spokes 4.

li il-nini: j in n'wheel the oonibinulion withun inner 9/5 u'hliel oolnprisingf n huh. spokes likedly se.- mired thereto, :i shoe provided with n onruve outer faire und ivil'h fzoiu'uvrd ends. u iuhulur extension integral with sold shoef und vonslrin'led lo receive the end of said in" Q 'y V1,054,6e

.l spokes, shoulders on said shoe, and rims ennecting the shoes. witiilthe `,inner ods-l i,

'gaging the said shoiilders on the shoe, of an of the spokes' of the outer wheel. 1 l0 outer Wh'eel comprising a rim constructed to In rtestimony whereof I Six-Hiyignainiie receive a tire, spokesv extending inwardly in'presence ,of two"wi'itnsses' i therefrom between the .rims ofthe inner GEORGE A. XMHOFF; Wheel', coiled sp1-ings connecting'the inner Witnesses:

ends of the spokes of the outer'vvheel di- E. C. REED,

rectly with the hub, and coil springs con- H. W. ERICASON. 

